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"'L'Arc de Triomphe, wrapped' is on view for 16 days, from Saturday, September 18 to Sunday, October 3, 2021. Per Christo's request, the project was completed by his team in partnership with the Centre des Monuments Nationaux (CMN), the government institution that manages the Arc de Triomphe, and the support of the city of Paris. The Arc de Triomphe is wrapped in 25,000 square meters of recyclable silvery blue polypropylene fabric and 3,000 meters of recyclable red polypropylene rope. In 1961, three years after they met in Paris, Christo and Jeanne-Claude began creating works of art in public spaces and they made their first proposal for wrapping a public building. In 1962, Christo created a photomontage with the 'Arc de Triomphe, wrapped', seen from Avenue Foch, and again featured the 'Arc de Triomphe, wrapped' in a collage in 1988. Christo began actively developing this project in 2017 and in 2018 it was submitted to the Centre des Monuments Nationaux by the Centre Pompidou, which organized the exhibition 'Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Paris!', which opened in July 2020. In March 2019 final authorization was granted. Now, 60 years after Christo and Jeanne-Claude's initial idea, it has been realized." --p. 4.